Weight-motor.



(Iglo Model.)

Patntd Mar. 19, 190|. P. BABE.

WEIGHT MDTDR.

(Application led Apr. 24, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ZJ/zii Fue www No. 670,304. Patented Mar. I9, |90I. P. BABE.

WEIGHT MoTon. (Application led Apr. 24, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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PHILIP BABE, OF BRIGHTON, WISCONSIN.

WEIGHT-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,304, dated March 19, 1901.

pplication filed April 24, 1900. Serial No. 14,167. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP BABE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brighton, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Veight- Motor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weight-motors of that class which are particularly designed for the operation of pumping machinery, butwhich may obviously be adapted to operate other forms of converting mechanism.

One object of the invention is to so construct and arrange the parts of the motor that the gearing may be given a sufficient elevation to provide for considerable movement of the Weights and also to provide winding or resetting mechanism located at a considerable distance below the gearing in order to be readily accessible from the ground.

A further object is to provide for the counterweighting of the reciprocatory parts in order that both the up and down strokes may be effected with equal facility and to provide mechanism for regulating the operation of the motor in a manner to insure the smooth and uniform reci procation of the power-transmitting element-as, for instance, the pumprod.

To the accomplishment of these several objects aud others subordinate thereto, my invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my motor complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with a portion of the frame removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. i is a vertical sectional view on the line 4i' 4 of Fig. 3 with the lower portion of the frame omitted.

Referring to the numerals of reference employed to designate corresponding parts in the several views, l indicates the motor-frame or tower, which preferably comprises four suitably-braced standards 2, provided with a platform 3, supported just above their lower ends upon horizontal beams i and provided within the space defined by their upperends with suitable supporting devices forv the operative parts of the motor.

5 and 6 indicate a pair of parallel horizontal drum-supporting or power shaft-s journaled in suitable bearings in a series of parallel horizontal shaft-supporting beams 7, supported at their opposite ends within notches 8 in a pair of side frame-beams 9, extending between the standards at the opposite sides of the tower adjacent to its top. The ends of the beams 7 are retained in the notches 8 by head-beams l0, located above the beams 9 and designed to prevent the accidental detachment of the shaft-supporting beams. Upon these power-shafts 5 and 6 are keyed or otherwise secured a pair of drums Il and l2, around which are wound the operating cables 13, guided by idlers 14, supported above the drums and connected at their lower ends to the operating-weights 15, the gravitation of which effects the rotation of the drums. Each cable-drum is provided at one end with a fixed ratchet-disk 16, designed to be engaged by pawls 17, carried by gear-wheels 18 and 18', loosely mounted upon the power-shafts 5 and 6. The gear-Wheels 1S and 18' mesh at their opposed peripheries with an intermediate pinion l9,keyed upon what may be termed a regulating-shaft 20, to which latter is also keyed a comparatively large gear-wheel 2l and an escapement-wheel 22 in operative relation to a pivoted eseapement 28, from which depends the escapement-arm 24, provided with a terminal loop 25, encircling an oscillatory governor or pendulum 26, the stroke of which is designed to be regulated by the adjustable pendulum-block 27. It will now be seen that Aas the operating-cables are wound upon the drumsin the same direction the descent of the weights will effect the rotation of the drums and will cause the ratchet-disks 16 to engage the pawls 17, thereby imparting motion to the gear-wheels 18 and 18, which in turn rotate the regulating-shaft 20 by means of the pinion I9 keyed thereon. As the shaft 2O is rotated the escapement will be operated to insure uniformity of movement by reason of its connection with the pendulum.

28 indicates a driving-shaft journaled in shaft-supporting beams 29,supported, like the beams 7, in notches 30 of side beams 3l, located a suitable distance below the beams 9, and immediately above which are positioned the locking-beams 32, serving to prevent the withdrawal of the beams 29. The drivingshaft is so called because at one end of said IOO i meshing with the gear-Wheel 2l and mounted Vdliving-shaft 2S.

on an intermediate shaft 37, upon which is also keyed a comparatively large gear-wheel 3S, meshing with a pinion 39, keyed upon the It will now be seen that the rotation of the drums will effect the rotation of the regulating-shaft 20, which through the intermediate train of gearing will propel the driving-shaft to cause the reciprocation of the pump-rod and the operation of the pump; but, in addition to the motor construction described, my invention comprehends means for connterbalancing the pitman 34 and its connections and for facilitating the rewinding of the operating-cables upon the drums from the ground. The first of these mechanisms contemplates the employment of a pendent bracket 40, rigidly connected to a fixed part of the frame and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the pitman 34. Adjacent to the lower end of the pendent bracket 40 extends laterally a pin or fulcrum-stud 4l, passing through a longitudinal slot 42 in a coun terbalancing-lever 43, pivotally connected at one end to the pitman or pump-rod, as the case may be, and provided at its opposite extremity with an adjustable counter poise or weight 44. As the pump-rod reciprocates, the pitman, the pump-rod7 and other operative parts connected thereto are counterbalanced by the weight 44, which serves to relieve the upstroke of the opposition which the weight of these parts would otherwise produce, it being understood that the slot 42 is provided for the purpose of locating the fnlcrnm of the lever at different distances from the ends thereof and of compensating for the lateral movement of the pitman or pump-rod.

The remaining feature of my device coniprehends a pair of sprocket-wheels 45, carried by shafts 46, journaled in the platform 3 and geared to sprocket-chains 47, with somewhat larger sprocket-wheels 48 keyed upon the drum or power shafts 5 and (i at the ends opposite the gearwheels 1S and 18. The outer ends of the shafts 46 are squared for the application of winding-cranks 4S 49, by ineans of which said shafts may be rotated to efect the rotation of the shafts 5 and 6 through the intermediate gearingr in order to rewind the operating-cables upon the drums and to elevate the weights when the motor is run down.

From the foregoing it will appear that have inventedasimple,ingenious, andhighlyeffective weight-motor designed for the operation of-pumping or other machinery which is capable of being rewound without necessity for ascending the tower and in which the counterbalancing of the operating-rod and its connected parts is etTected by novel and efflcient mechanism; but while the present embodiment of my invention appears at this time to be preferable I do not limit myself to the details defined, but reserve the right to effect such changes, modifications, and variations as may come properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

What I claim is'- f l. In a motor, the combination with a frame and weight-drums mounted therein, of cables wound upon the drums, weights supported by said cables, a cran k-wheel geared to the drums and designed to be driven by the motor, a reciprocatory element, as for instance, a pumprod, a pitman connected to said element and to the crank-wheel, an endwise-shiftable cou nterbalancing-lever provided `with a weight upon one end andconnected at its opposite extremity to the pitman, and means located at the bottom of the frame for rewinding the cables upon the drums.

2. In a motor, the combination with an operating element, and a connterbalancing-lever, of means whereby the fulcrum of the lever will be shifted during the movement of the operating element in opposite directions.

3. In a motor, the combination with a laterally and longitudinally movable element, and means for actuating the same, of a longitudinally-movable connterbalaneing-lever connected to the operating element and designed to have its fulcrum shifted by the lateral movement of said operating element.

4. In a motor, the combination with an operating element, as for instance, a pump-rod, of a crank operatively connected to said element, means for operating the crank, a fixed bracket, a pin extending from said bracket,

` a counterbalancing-lever provided with a longitudinal slot for the reception of said pin and pivotally connected at one end to the operating element, and an adjustable counterpoise upon the opposite end of the lever.

5. In a motor, the combination with an operating element, as for instance, a pump-rod and power mechanism for driving said rod, of a counterbalancin g-le ver slidabl y mounted upon a projection constituting a fulcrum, and means for shifting the pump-rod laterally in opposite directions during its opposite reciprocations for the purpose of locating the fulcrum of the lever at different distances from the ends thereof during the operation of the mechanism.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP BABE.

Witnesses:

EDA MEINHARDT, A. MEINHARDT.

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